When an individual chooses to mix alcohol consumption and operation of a motor vehicle, the results are often tragic. The repercussions of drunk driving are not measured solely in terms of fines and jail time. All too often, innocent bystanders become the unwitting victims of the alcohol impaired driver. On December 26, 2006, Joanne Dues was sentenced to four years in prison for gross...

A local Fair Oaks couple, Donald and Adeline Dennehey, were killed when their small single engine plane crashed Saturday 15 miles south of Yuba City. The plane was a Zodiac CH 601 and the National Transportation Safety Board is investigating.In airplane crashes there are a multitude of questions a lawyer must immediately consider.Is it possible to figure out the cause of the crash?How should...

A woman who suffered a brain injury becase she was neglected in a hospital after suffering a stroke was awarded 2 million dollars by an Illinois jury. Even trained professionals, if they are hurried and unaware may miss stroke warning signs that are vitally important to full recovery.

The family of a woman traveling to Naples, Florida filed a wrongful death lawsuit in federal court this week in Lexington KY. It is the sixth suit filed against Comair after the August 27 crash and alleges that the company failed to provide proper training to the pilots who took off from the wrong runway. The runway was too short to accommodate such an aircraft, and the plane crashed shortly...